Episode 29: The Unfortunate Lack Fingers When You are an Old School NPC (aka Spoon Hands)

In this episode Steve and Jake discuss TRON: Evolution, Shadow of Mordor, Never Alone, Borderlands 2, Final Fantasy X HD Remaster for the PS4 and Persona 2: Innocent Sin.

We also talk about several news items and the backward compatibility of the Xbox One and how it could impact console sales for this holiday.

And for a suprise, we get a fun diversion as Emma joins us and tries to trip us up with some riddles.

Here's some links for this week's episode:

Madden NFL 16 | Madden: The Movie

Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection - Story Trailer

Uncharted Trilogy: PS4 vs PS3 Graphics Comparison

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Episode 28: Attack of the Tentacle Kids

It's more Doom in this episode as Jake was able to finish Doom 3. We discuss Doom, Dead Space, Infamous Second Son, and Shadows of Mordor.   We also take a brief gaming detour to discuss Ant-Man and Jake's new soundbar.

We also discuss a few news items and the August Games with Gold and Sony's Playstation Plus games.

Links for this episode:

Specs for Jake's new soundbar: HT-CT80

Xbox Live Games with Gold for August 2015

PS Plus: Free Games for August 2015

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Episode 27: DooMed Dogs

In this episode Steve and Jake discuss Iwata's passing and other gaming news, DooM 1 & 2, Heretic, Hexen, Batman Arkham Knight, Watch_Dogs, and inFamous Second Son.  We also revisit our discussion about the emotional impact of games.

Links to items from the podcast:

Gravitation on SourceForge

Doom 4 Trailer with old Doom sounds

 

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Episode 26: Arkham Knight and E3

This episode is all about Batman and E3.   We talk about the new game, and give our thoughts on E3.

As mentioned in the cast:

Report: Nintendo NX release planned for July 2016

Batman: Arkham Knight - Batmobile Race: Mental Blocked

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Episode 25: E3 is Coming!

Steve & Jake talk about Splatoon, Batman Arkham Origins and Blackgate, Metro 2033 Redux and a few other games.  We then talk about E3 and what we'd like to see for E3 2015

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PSA

Oh no! Episode 25 was derailed by a bad audio file!  Due to scheduling we wont be able to record until next week.

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Episode 24: Hardline: Cop Guys!

This week we talk about Battlefield: Hardline, SMT: Persona 2: Innocent Sin, Tower of Guns, Hohokum, Splatoon Test Fire, Mass Effect and a few others.  We discuss some news, new releases and wrap it up with a discussion on console fanboys.

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Episode 23: Distant Familial Relationships with Rocks

Steve and Jake are back and we talk about Mario Kart DLC, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Battlefield 4, and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin.   We also discuss some news items, Nintendo's new strategies, and answer listener emails.

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Final Fantasy Type-0 HD: Boss Fight: Vajra

I recorded this fight a little bit ago cause I really like this boss in Type-0.   Vajra was harassing you through much of the level so it was nice to finally get to the end of the level and face-off against it.   The other interesting thing was the boss is very reminiscent of the very first boss fight in Final Fantasy VII again the Scorpion.

Guard Scorpion from Final Fantasy VII

I used Cater as she can quickly move around the field and has really good range.   Only bad thing was that for this battle I had equipped the wrong abilities for her, the Hawkeye ability was essentially useless as Vajra moved much too quickly and also seemed immune to the Debuff Shot.   Not a big deal, though.   Once she took enough damage it she would go to recharge and when the breakshot icon pops you just need to hit her hard to interrupt the recharge (notice that I wait on the second recharge to let my gun charge build).  Once she drops down you'll get multiple breakshot opportunities to really bring her health down.   Overall, it's not a hard battle, but it is fun.

Episode 22: This One Has Genuine Enthusiasm

To start off we talk about Star Wars!!! Steve and Jake then jump back to games and talk about Battlefield 3 & 4, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Aruzik, Mario Kart 8, Guild Wars 2, and Mass Effect.  We also discuss Star Ocean 5 with a brief discussion on the state of the JRPG in the western world and we wrap it up with our thoughts on the Guitar Hero/Rockband resurgence.

Some links for you:

Wii U - Shin Megami Tensei & Fire Emblem Crossover Project Gameplay Trailer

Battlefield 4: Unusual Wind Patterns

And because you know you want it, here's Shepard and Wrex for 10 minutes:

Shepard and Wrex for 10 Minutes

 

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